城 市化是现代化的一种要素 ,是一个国家现代化必须经历的过程。世界范围的城市化肇始于１８世纪的英国工业革命以后。世界城市发展史表明 ,城市发展的模式、形态应该是丰富多彩的 ,有个性的 ,而不能是单一的。城市的规模、建筑等 ,是一个城市的“形” ,而城市的人文素质与人文 Urbanization is an element of modernization and a process that a country must undergo in its modernization. World urbanization began after the British Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. The history of world urban development shows that the pattern and shape of urban development should be rich and colorful with individuality and can not be single. The size of the city, architecture, etc., is the “shape” of a city, while the humanistic quality and humanity of the city